DirecTV Sports Networks (formerly Liberty Sports Holdings) is a unit of DirecTV which consists of four regional sports networks: Root Sports Pittsburgh, Root Sports Rocky Mountain, Root Sports Utah, and Root Sports Northwest. The group was formed in 2008 when Liberty Media completed its purchase of these networks from News Corporation as a result of a stock swap for NewsCorp’s stake in DirecTV.Liberty would increase its share of DirecTV from 48 to 54 percent, with Malone and his family owning 24 percent. The resulting company would own the Game Show Network, FUN Technologies and three regional sports networks that had been part of Liberty.